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School misspells its own name for 9 years

Spelling might be elementary, but someone forgot to tell that to Sunrise-McMillian in Fort Worth—or as we should say, Sunrise-McMillan. When the school altered its name nine years ago in honor of is first teacher, it also made the mistake of adding an extra “i,” according to a relative of the former educator. Current teacher Jouet Dotson had this to say about the error: "You know how we say there's no 'i' in team? We could say, 'Well, [at] Sunrise-McMillan, we're a team, so there is no 'i' in the last part of McMillan.’"

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Fresh off the birth of her daughter Maxwell, Jessica Simpson is hoping to quickly reduce the size of her gluteus maximus and shed those extra post-pregnancy pounds. Inking a $3 million deal with Weight Watchers should be incentive enough.

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